My Crush

Chapter 25

She sat down at the edge of her bed, trying hard to digest the ego and pride that kept blocking her way. How will she face dad and apologized, for what she did. Will he forgive her or shove her too just has she did to him?" She contemplated as negative thought kept flowing on her head.

She stood up from her bed, after blocking away every negative thought she felt and sauntered out of her room to her dad parlour, She heave a sigh of relieve after looking around and saw only dad engrossed on newspaper without any sight of mum.

She walk closer to him and hug him from behind." I'm sorry dad, I'm really sorry." She cried onto his blue kaftan.

"Haba my princess why are you crying, what wrong with you?I don't really understand why you're apologising for nothing." Her enquire calmly.

"Daddy I ignored you that day, I never mea..." She hiccup and her dad shuu her down.

"Is okay Deejah! You know I will never get angry at you, you're my only princess and only heiress to my company. I really love you and will never let anything that will hurt your soul." He said wiping away her tears.

He stood up and sat her down and gave her a glass of water to drink. She drank a little and drop the glass at the center table. Dad should I go and apologized to them?" She asked, hoping her dad will just reason with her just like usual.

"And why will you apologized?" He asked furiously.

"Because mum asked me too and I don't know if you're with her on it." She said fiddling with her manicure fingernail.

"Well I forbid it! "He exclaimed in high speech.

That was exactly what she has been praying for, but hearing it from him this way make her stun, she raise her eyebrow" Dad what do you mean? "She asked not believing what he said.

"You shall never apologized to such wretch souls. they deserve it, for laying there filthy hand on my princess. Nobody touches you that way without regretting. " He elaborate arrogantly.

"So stop bothering yourself about that, okay!" He stated and she response vigorously.

"That my princess! Now let go out on a date to cheer my princess up and wipe away her tears too it been a decade" He said and quickly stood up while Deejah happily wrapped her veil and hold his hand.

Together they left the house.

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"Mina what are you still doing on bed? Won't you get up and go and cook lunch, who did you expect to do it for you?" Hajiya Maryam asked her daughter.

"I will do that mum," She said and stood up hurriedly.

She sauntered out of the room together with her mum and went into the kitchen. She dish out all the ingredient to be used and started cooking fried rice and chicken and even make hibiscus drink.

Immediately she finish, she arrange the dining table and walk to her dad living room Alhaji maishinko, upon entering into the parlour she met both her dad and mum so engrossed on serious discussion.

"Assalamu'alaikum" she said and waited for there response before she came in.

"Walaikumul- Salam" they responded simultaneously.

"What happened, and why are you standing there? Ain't you suppose to be in kitchen?" Her umma asked her with serious expression written all over.

"Umma is because I'm done and food is already in dinning that why I came to informed you," she said calmly.

"Okay we will soon join you go ahead." Abba said and she quickly left them and saunter to dinning and served her self some.

They came in afterward and join her, while she serve them. They all ate there food silently, and when they were done her mum instruct her to wash the dishes before she left.